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Test 'em all! Quality Assurance for PHP Projects

Quality assurance is the focus of more and more attention throughout the PHP community. Now that we know how to build applications that "work", the next step is to assure that they work correctly throughout their full lifecycle.
Sebastian Bergmann

Worlds apart ...

A considerable amount of your most important data can be found in SAP systems. This data needs to be accessible or editable via mobile devices such as laptop computers, mobile phones or panels and also serves as mashup in connection with foreign systems, for example when used to provide information on the Intranet or as input for an online shop. This is why more and more companies are now facing the challenge of placing their application logics on the Internet using web technologies.
Patrik Lobacher

Well equipped

Today's IBM System i and its predecessors are considered by companies to be the IT workhorses. Strong, reliable and easily available are just some of the qualities associated with this system family. For this reason, companies are also willing to leave their "hard" data in the hands of System i. However, will this system be able to handle new challenges? The current view among young developers is that System i is inflexible when integrating new processes. This article proves them wrong.
Klaus-Peter Luttkus

To be on the safe side

PHP has even become a topic of discussion among top executives. CEOs and CIOs are increasingly becoming involved in the question of which language should be used for web programming. Enterprise PHP Magazine talked to Jens Paul Berndt, the managing director of Berlin-based Berndt GmbH, about these kinds of decisions at the PHP conference in San Francisco.
Interview with Jens Paul Berndt, Berndt GmbH

Reving up the Engine

In business since 1899 and one of the top fifteen automobile manufacturers in the world, even larger than Daimler AG (maker of Mercedes), the Fiat Group SpA produces about 2.3 million vehicles a year, channeled by the FiatLink system as primary access point for dealers and service centers.
Bradford Cottel

PHProfessional

PHP is a rather unusual language: Originally designed for the web, it was mainly intended for web masters who, in the late 90s, were not programmers. Do as you like - it will still work anyway! This article will look at six business issues, and show how compliance with good practices can significantly increase both efficiency and quality in PHP, repositioning it in its rightful place with regard to other competitive technologies.
Gauthier Delamarre, Guillaume Ponçon

Java is not PHP

Compared to other languages, PHP is still very new. In the early days, it wasn't considered a real alternative to Java, even though one could get quicker results using PHP. Things have changed a lot since then!
Björn Schotte

Selecting a PHP Framework

Developers hate routine - programming the same code over and over again is like a nightmare for them. This is the reason why so called PHP frameworks are so successful. These frameworks already include prevalent standard code patterns. Additionally PHP frameworks provide projects with a helpful standard structure for aligning the work of all developers involved. Which framework to use is therefore an important decision in the life of any PHP project. It's not a decision any project should make lightly and certainly not one that should be made without the appropriate research.
Cal Evans

PHP security

Recently PHP has made a lot of progress in the area of security. In the past two years PHP security has gone from a minor topic of discussion to a meme, "Filter Input, Escape Output".
Cal Evans

Recruiting good PHP developers isn't always easy. Enterprise PHP provides some practical tips Good developers are highly sought-after specialists. Particularly since PHP's rise to popularity for large-scale, business-critical applications. This article is about how to fi nd the perfect partner for your business.
Sebastian Pauls

Company Lounge - Why they chose PHP

Green, Guinness - and a little bit of PHP

Enterprise PHP Magazine meets Pádraic Brady Pádraic Brady has been an open source PHP developer since 2001. Today he is a regular contributor to the community, powered by Green, Guinness - and a little bit of PHP!